Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to defeat verbally.

1997

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2. (also ramscooter, ramskooter) to beat up.

1887		Bon-Accord 18 June 16: Tho’ Teenie shood ramskooter my heed wi’ the bakin’-roller fam I came hame i’ the mornin’.
1913		J. Service Memorables xiii: Ye little hempy, I’ll — I’ll ramscootrify ye!’ and I shook the little dyvour till its teeth chattered in the heid o’t.
1921		Transactions Eng. Assoc IV 27: When Malcolm ramscootered the Danes.
1948		Football Times 11 Sept. n.p.: When gang warfare broke out the cry of the leader was — ‘I’ll ramskooter the lot.’.
1997		Share Slanguage.